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... that the extinct snakefly Amarantoraphidia ventolina is named for air beings of the Cantabrian mythologies?
... that the extinct Jamaican Flightless Ibis developed unique club-like wings that could be used as a flail?
... that over 200 fossils of Aphaenogaster mayri were known when the species was described in 1930?
... that the extinct Argentinian bivalve Cuyopsis symmetricus was named for the symmetry of its rectangular shells?
... that Andiva (fossil pictured), an enigmatic animal that lived 555 millions of years ago, perhaps had a convex carapace?

A fossil of Ornatifilum

...that Ornatifilum is likely to be the oldest known fossil fungus?
... that Carnufex is an extinct relative of crocodiles that lived 231 million years ago in North Carolina?
...that Megazostrodon (pictured) is widely accepted as being one of the first mammals to have appeared on Earth?
...that Lantian Man, who was discovered in China in 1963, preceded Peking Man by several hundred thousand years?
... that the type specimen of Scolosaurus seriously injured its discoverer, who was excavating it when it fell on him?